April 1—6, 2014

John Co'ií Residency

Navajo spiritual leader John Co'ií Cook begins a week-long residency at Haverford in conjunction with the course "Native American Music and Belief," which is taught by composer and Professor of Music Curt Cacioppo. Along with class visits and a colloquium (co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs), Cook will participate in a public conversation with Cacioppo about Navajo ceremonial practice prior to an April 6 concert performance of the composer's Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman by the Borromeo String Quartet.

Navajo spiritual leader John Co’ií Cook, in northern Arizona.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Preconcert Talk
John Co'ií Cook, Navajo ethicist and spiritual leader, dialogues with Curt Cacioppo about the meaning of the ceremony that inspired Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman, and the relevance of Navajo traditional lifeways to solving mainstream American problems today.Marshall Auditorium, Roberts Hall

Thursday, April 10, 2014

4:30–6:00 p.m.

Exhibit Opening: "As Crow Flies Counterclockwise"
The opening reception for Pato Hebert's and Shelley DePaul's exhibition As Crow Flies Counterclockwise in Magill Library’s Sharpless Gallery. Chief of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, DePaul has developed a curriculum to teach the Lenape language. She worked with Hebert, a sculptor, to create the exhibition, which is inspired by the traditional Lenape prophecy of The Fourth Crow.Magill Lobby